Crafting, Bullet Journalling and Dancing Through Life

Book

As I mentioned last week, I was lucky enough to stumble upon an old book in one of my local charity shops. This book was the Reader’s Digest Manual of Handicrafts. I’m a sucker for these big old books, with the charming illustrations and lovely paper stock, so I had […]

Hi everyone! As I mentioned last week, we have had a recent family bereavement so this post will be brief. As well as the bereavement, I am currently off work sick pending the results of a sleep study to find out why I keep crashing out everywhere. Then, because my body […]

Hi everyone! This week I thought I would take a look at my DK Stitch Dictionary. This book is an invaluable tool I use a lot in my embroidery designs. I’m not sure about the rest of the world, but here in the UK Dorling Kindersley (DK) is known for […]

It’s time once again to take a look at another one of my pre-loved charity shop bargain books that have come from ages past! Today we have Glorious Knitting by Kaffe Fassett which dates back from 1985 and was reprinted in paperback 1999 – I have the original 1985 hardback […]

In the most recent issue of Simply Knitting, I happened across an advert for an attractive long waistcoat in a rust coloured yarn that advertised itself as being from the Quintessential DK book by West Yorkshire Spinners. I hopped over to Ravelry to check the book out and was so […]

Today I wanted to do something a little different and take a look at one of the craft books in my collection. I have a fair number of books on knitting, crochet and other crafty pursuits (even macrame!), most of which are quite old because I tend to happen across […]